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Coming across as not satisfied with his side’s 2-1 win over Plateau United on the opening day of the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL), Technical Adviser of Shooting Stars Sports Club (3SC), Gbenga Ogunbote is looking to draw better performances especially in converting scoring chances. In his post match interview after the encounter decided on Saturday at the Lekan Salami Stadium, Ogunbote, insisted that more still needed to be done in that particular area. While he was happy that his team netted twice, he still thinks that his team should be more clinical in front of goals considering the chances…
Sunshine Stars Football Club of Akure on Saturday defeated Kano Pillars Football Club 1-0 in the match day one of the Nigeria Premier League (NPL). The match played at the Ondo State Sports Complex, Akure, had Sunshine Stars scoring the first goal of the season by Oge Emmanuel in the 8th minute to put the home team ahead. Sunshine Stars Head Coach, Edith Agoye,in a post match interview described his side’s performance against Pillars as highly technical. Agoye said Sunshine Stars showed that the team could measure up with any team in the league. “We are very happy that we…
The 2023/2024 Nigeria Premier Football League season kicked off on Saturday in grand style with several goals scored and no away win recorded in seven match venues across the country. In the South-South derby, Bayelsa United came back twice to defeat Akwa United 5-3 in an eight goal thriller. Hadi Mohammed scored the opening goal for the Promise Keepers in the 20th minute before Jerry Alex equalized for the hosts. Akwa United was back in front in the 38th minute through Oguntayo Seyi but Bayelsa United‘s Robert Mirzo made it 2-2 at the stroke of halftime. The away side restored…
Sunshine Stars Head Coach, Edith Agoye has expressed his satisfaction over the performance of the players in a narrow1-0 win over Kano Pillars, on Saturday, in the league opener, BSNSports.com.ng reports. Oge Emmanuel scored the only goal of the game to secured the Akure Gunners the needed result, at the Ondo Sports Complex Stadium. While speaking with the journalists shortly after the encounter, Agoye revealed that the players showed that they can measure up with any team in the league with Saturday’s victory. “We are very happy that we scored a very good goal against Sai Masu Gida, we created…
The 2023/2024 Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) after a series of postponements kicked off across seven centres with Bayelsa United, Enugu Rangers, Shooting Stars, Sunshine Stars, Abia Warriors, and Katsina United all recorded opening Matchday victories on Saturday. In Umuahia, John Peter’s 79th-minute goal was enough to hand Abia Warriors a 1-0 win over Niger Tornadoes. The action-packed tie between Bayelsa United and Akwa United produced eight goals in Yenegoa as the hosts secured a 5-3 win against Akwa United. In the duel, Robert Mizo became the first player to score a hat-trick in the new NPFL campaign. Alex Jerry and…
At the Awka City Stadium, Enugu Rangers secured a hard-fought 2-1 victory over Doma United in their first Nigeria Premier Football League game of the 2023/24 season. However, despite the win, the Enugu Commissioner of Sports, Barrister Lloyd Ekweremadu, expressed his dissatisfaction with the Flying Antelopes’ performance in terms of goal scoring. The match saw an exciting start with Kalu Nweke and Austin Onyemachi of the Fidelis IIechukwu-led side establishing a comfortable 2-0 lead. Enugu Rangers seemed to be in control, but the visitors, Doma United, had different plans. In the 75th minute, Samuel Owoke pulled a goal back, injecting…
The head Coach of Rangers International of Enugu, Fidelis Ilechukwu has said that his team is still a work in progress, despite edging over Doma United 2-1 on Saturday at the Akwa City Stadium. The Coach who joined Enugu Rangers from Plateau United during the preseason Break, in a post-match interview, expressed his worry on the issue of his new side not capitalising on several chances created in the game to go 3 or 4 goals ahead in the game, stated that he was grateful for the 3 maximum point, which he said was very important to his team, but…
Akwa United Head coach, Fatai Osho has expressed disappointment at the manner with which his team conceded three goals in the last fifteen minutes of the game despite taking the lead at three different times, BSNSports.com.ng reports. The Promise keepers were defeated 5-3 by Bayslea United, on Matchday 1 of the 2023/24 Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) season with an impressive hat-trick by Bayelsa United’ Robert Mizo. While speaking after the game, Osho revealed that elementary mistakes were responsible for his team’s defeat. “It’s a big shame that we are losing this type of game the way we did,” Osho…
As the 2023/24 season of the Nigerian Premier Football League commenced, it was goal galore as 21 goals were accumulated over all centers on Matchday 1 With a total of 7 matches and 14 teams kick-starting their campaign in this new season in matchday 1, Hadi Mohammed opened the goal chart for the season in Akwa Uniteds 5-3 loss to Bayelsa United. In an interesting match with the away team ahead in the 20th minute, Alex Jerry pulled one back for the home side to draw them level but were stunned by a deflected shot from Seyi Oguntayo in the…
The Nigerian Premier League kicked off on Saturday to a record setting beginning. There were 21 goals in the first seven matches of the first day. While the match in Akure may have produced the minimum goal as home side had a 1-0 win over NPL returnee, Kano Pillars, it was all the same significant. Sunshine Stars lone goal by Isaac Emmanuel in the eighth minute is the first goal of the new season. But the star man of the day is Robert Mizo of Bayelsa United in a goal-laden encounter with Akwa United. The hosts won 5-3. In the…